{"id":17062,"date":"2023-10-27T09:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2023-10-27T09:27:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:27:36","slug":"in-other-business-news-124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2023\/10\/in-other-business-news-124\/","title":{"rendered":"In Other Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Chevron Corp<\/strong>. is acquiring Hess Corp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc<\/strong>. has appointed Kris Roberts its next Senior VP of Center Store Merchandising. She will take on the role when Senior VP of Center Store Merchandising, Andy Knoblauch, retires on March 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Giant Company<\/strong> has named Rebecca Lupfer as its new CFO. The grocer promoted Dave Lessard to the role of Senior VP of Operations, Customer Experience and Perishable Distribution.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Heritage Grocers Group<\/strong> recently opened a new 18,000 sq. ft. El Rancho Supermercado store in Dallas, TX.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc<\/strong>. will open 4 new locations in the next month in FL, NC, SC, and TN.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0ShopRite Supermarkets Inc<\/strong>. will close five supermarkets in the Albany, NY, area, due to low sales. The closures are expected to happen in Colonie, Slingerlands, Albany, North Greenbush, and Niskayuna, NY, early December.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Trader Joe\u2019s Co<\/strong>. opened a new 12,000 sq. ft. store in Lakewood Ranch, FL, this week.<\/p>\n

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Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Academy Sports & Outdoors<\/strong> announced that it has promoted Sam Johnson to President. He succeeds Michael Mullican who is stepping down. The retailer also announced Eric Friederich has been promoted to Senior VP of Retail Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0American Eagle Outfitters Inc<\/strong>. reported that its COO, Michael Rempell, will leave the company in early fiscal 2024. Sarah Clarke has been named Exec VP, Chief Supply Chain Officer. Valerie van Ogtrop has joined the company as Exec VP Brand Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Asics America<\/strong> has named Koichiro Kodama as its new President and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0David\u2019s Bridal<\/strong> announced Bob Walker has been promoted to COO. Kelly Cook has been promoted to President, Brand, Technology and Finance. Rob Cooper has been promoted to CFO. Nancy Viall has been promoted to President, Merchandising and Supply Chain. Andrea Dauphinee has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0HomeGoods Inc<\/strong>. is no longer offering online shopping.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Scheels Sports<\/strong> reported it will open a new 240,000 sq. ft. store location in Cedar Park, TX, in fall 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Uniqlo<\/strong> recently opened two new store locations in Long Island, NY.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Z Gallerie Inc<\/strong>. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n

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Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Bloomin\u2019 Brands<\/strong> has drawn interest from activist investor Starboard Value L.P. The company has outlined a plan to improve the company after similar efforts at Darden Restaurants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KFC<\/strong> has added new chicken wrap items to their menu as the company continues its efforts to target younger consumers.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonalds<\/strong> is running a Free Fries Friday promotion to help offset declining traffic and boost digital sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0P.F. Chang’s<\/strong> has named Eduardo Luz as CEO and President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pret a Manger<\/strong> has made a new franchisee deal and plans to revive their U.S. stores with plans to expand to 300 locations by<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> has succeeded in removing all trademarks for Taco Tuesday. Taco Johns<\/strong> gave up their 49-state trademark four months ago and Gregory\u2019s Restaurant and Bar in New Jersey held the last trademark. Gregory\u2019s just relinquished the trademark that it held for over 30 years and now Taco Bell and all other restaurants are free to use Taco Tuesday promotions.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Cheesecake Factory<\/strong> has acquired a 37-acre site in Charlestown, IN, that will be developed into the company\u2019s 3rd bakery facility.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>The National Labor Relations Board has issued a new joint employer rule that will make it more likely that franchisors will be liable for worker\u2019s rights violations that occur with their franchisees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Chevron Corp. is acquiring Hess Corp. \u2022\u00a0Coborn\u2019s Inc. has appointed Kris Roberts its next Senior VP of Center Store Merchandising. She will take on the role when Senior VP of Center Store Merchandising, Andy Knoblauch, retires on March 1, 2024. \u2022\u00a0The Giant Company has named Rebecca Lupfer as its new CFO.… Continue reading In Other Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-17062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}